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It is good to see that Strava is taking steps to reduce this the abuse of ebike riders dominating leader boards - primarily for older rider categories (in my subjective observation). I know a number of these riders and AI and other automated techniques are indeed having a good impact, but by no means solving the problem. An equally powerful way would be to place emphasis on riders - Every top 10 rider on every leaderboard age category needs to consciously confirm that they are NOT using an eBike (for example, A pop-up notice requirement would require a confirmation before saving the activity). My guess is that many riders simply forget to list as an eBike ride, but there are many that simply abuse the system. Requiring them to formally state that they are NOT using an eBike, is a powerful psychological driver. Also, once this is done, peer pressure would take place given that any mis-classified ride would then be intentional - Currently it is too easy to say “OH, I forgot”, or “I was not aware”. 

Answered here by ​@Jan_Mantau:


Also, ​@Kevin Weitz  you might want to add your vote to the following feature request: 


And if you're aware of some individuals that are repeatedly abusing the system, here's how you can address that: https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/206522304-How-to-Report-Cheating-on-Strava


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